Prof Rob Dover @robdover - Bluesky Profile

I did once too. The planning officer even said the modest scheme of works would be compliant and then didn't allow it 🫣

26.01.2026 20:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Many congrats. It's such a strength of our policing degree that it's taught by subject experts.

26.01.2026 20:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I decided to begin my book about Britain with a quote from Scotland‘s greatest poet.
'If only we could see ourselves as others see us.'

Applies to everyone. Not just people. Countries, too.

25.01.2026 07:41 — 👍 178 🔁 25 💬 4 📌 0

Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

25.01.2026 20:38 — 👍 1699 🔁 634 💬 40 📌 41

OTD in 2022 the gift that keeps giving gave us this.

What was not going to happen became inevitable because the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday.

25.01.2026 08:12 — 👍 455 🔁 45 💬 5 📌 0

The BBC News summary of Minnesota is *worse* than both-siding.

It says there are 'conflicting accounts'.

But only states *one* of them - that ICE agents fired 'defensive shots'.

Nothing about the *other* account - that ICE agents murdered him.

25.01.2026 07:40 — 👍 144 🔁 49 💬 13 📌 1

PM MUST confront Xi over claims China is spying on UK when he visits Beijing SIR Keir Starmer must confront Xi Jinping over spying allegations when he visits China, senior Tories have demanded. Calls for the PM to use this week’s trade trip to hold the Chinese leader to acc…

In an unserious world, an unserious news outlet and an unserious story: www.thesun.co.uk/news/3801143...

25.01.2026 08:21 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

24.01.2026 22:33 — 👍 3194 🔁 1512 💬 99 📌 63

Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people’ Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research

He was a nurse ... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

24.01.2026 22:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Minneapolis shooting: Governor Tim Walz condemns ‘sickening’ fatal shooting of man believed to be 37-year-old US citizen – live Minnesota governor decries ‘federal occupation’ after another deadly shooting less than three weeks after ICE officer killed Renee Good in the city

Is it necessary to be ambushed on social media by a disturbing video to feel strongly or something about an issue? www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

24.01.2026 20:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great gig. Where's Clacton? Neither of us know definitively.

23.01.2026 19:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“It’s a good thing that China thinks in terms of centuries, because they are about to meet the British planning system.”
Academic Daniel Susskind on the proposed Chinese embassy in London

23.01.2026 09:49 — 👍 168 🔁 46 💬 3 📌 0

He probably should have let someone else try 'Government by Grok' first.

23.01.2026 08:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's the domestic politics version of 'when knocking on doors lots of people say to me xyz'....

23.01.2026 08:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump at Davos marks the start of a new era in world affairs Delegates at the World Economic Forum at Davos have been confronted with starkly opposing visions of the future of world affairs.

Notes on a speech made yesterday: theconversation.com/trump-at-dav...

22.01.2026 11:56 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Petition: Require public consultation before airfields and aerodromes can be closed Airfields and aerodromes play a vital role in the UK's transportation network, economic growth, emergency services, and heritage. However, some sites may be closed and redeveloped, often without suffi...

I think this is a worthy petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

22.01.2026 08:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

????

22.01.2026 06:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

They're just desperate for him to win....

22.01.2026 06:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Michael Spicer video is going to be amazing.

21.01.2026 14:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Waiting for the big speech at Davos, the warm up act is Bessent.. who just called the Financial Times 'fake news media' .. which seems quite an unserious position.

21.01.2026 13:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A substantial divestment. I wonder what the UK figures are? Not for the same reasons, obviously, but due to a general misunderstanding of HE policy etc.

21.01.2026 08:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Where next for Retrospective Facial Recognition technology? Retrospective Facial Recognition has become an essential investigative technology for law enforcement and government agencies. But how will systems keep pace over the next few years to deal with the…

Somewhere, up there, Eric Blair is rotating: policinginsight.com/feature/adve...

21.01.2026 08:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🇨🇦PM Carney: "...Stop invoking rules-based international order as though it still functions as advertised. Call it what it is: a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as coercion." (🧵2/6)

20.01.2026 19:00 — 👍 1053 🔁 175 💬 5 📌 13